Chaos City 35
Ning Ren slept soundly for three days and suddenly woke up in the afternoon.
He sat up and rubbed his eyes, only to find that he was no longer in the palace. Apart from the Guhuo bird above his head, Simao and Doctor Wei were guarding the room.
He said confusedly, "Doctor Wei, A Ren is hungry."
Doctor Wei, napping, quickly opened her eyes upon hearing the voice. She first felt the child's forehead with the back of her hand and asked, "Young Master, are you feeling unwell?"
Ning Ren said listlessly, "My tail hurts and it itches."
The entire tail of the cub glows with a faint luster.
Doctor Wei estimated that in two days, the young master would officially enter the tail-shedding period. During these two days, the young master would be in a state of hunger and would keep eating to accumulate strength for the transformation.
Doctor Wei: "Want to eat red fruits?" The whole Central Royal City knows that the young master loves red, and incidentally, he also loves red glass berries.
The child lay on the edge of the bed, rubbing his cheek against Dr. Wei's palm, his hair listless, "...I want to eat, but A Ren doesn't want to chew." He didn't want to exert any effort.
The soft, warm face melted Dr. Wei's heart, and she willingly accepted the order. "Okay, Master, wait a moment. I'll blend the red fruit into juice."
Ning Ren: "Kitten."
Si Mao: "Meow?" After it became smaller, Ning Ren was not so afraid of it anymore.
Now it is the only one in the City of Chaos that can protect this little guy all day long. Jie Ling is stationed in the outer city, and the elders are in charge of the central royal city. In the absence of Asulin, no one is lagging behind, and the City of Chaos is running in an orderly manner like a sophisticated machine.
Alas, it’s a pity that this dignified priest has become a cute tool cat to look after children.
The child pressed it against his chin and used it as half a pillow.
The Guhuo bird laughed out loud: "Ga ga ga!"
Simao: "..."
After a while, Dr. Wei came in with a new, larger bowl and a cup of freshly squeezed glass berry juice.
The bowl was filled with milk, twice the usual amount.
Ning Ren thought he wouldn't be able to finish it, but he didn't feel bloated at all after finishing it. Only after the juice went into his stomach did he feel a little full.
He picked up a small handkerchief and wiped his mouth, his movements exactly the same as Asulin's. Even though he was too sleepy to open his eyes, he still politely thanked Dr. Wei.
After a while, Ning Ren was still not asleep, staring blankly at one place.
"Young Master, sleep?"
Ning Ren said sullenly, "I haven't taken a shower yet."
Bathing is simple, but after Dr. Wei prepared the water, the child stopped moving again and refused Dr. Wei's help.
"I want Daddy."
Doctor Wei was stunned for a moment: "The leader... the leader hasn't come back yet. He went to fight the monster."
Ning Ren slowly climbed down from the bed and rolled several times on the ground. The stone ground was very clean, so he managed to rub out some tiny stones and rubbed them on his arms.
He huffed, "Stinky dad!"
"If you don't come back, Ren will go play in the mud!"
Children's patience is limited. Ning Ren didn't know how many times he had asked during this period, and the answer he got was always that his father had not come back yet. Now he didn't even know whether the flowers on the sacrificial light column had bloomed or not. He was completely angry today.
But no matter how much he rolled, Asulin still didn't come back to pick him up from the ground and spank him.
Ning Ren sat on the ground for a while wrapped in a small red blanket, then stood up silently and climbed into the small bathtub. "Then, Ah Ren, wash yourself."
There was a duck toy made by my second grandfather in the small bathtub.
He recalled how Asulin scrubbed his body, his hands scratching all over his body. When he reached the top of his head, he caught the Guhuo bird and rubbed its feathers, which earned him an angry scolding from the Guhuo bird.
After washing, the child wiped himself clean and climbed back into bed.
He has been able to bathe himself for a long time, but he has a father who is used to bathing him, so he feels at ease being lazy.
Ning Ren was only awake for a short while before falling asleep again.
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outside the house.
Momo, Yuanyuan, Xixi and other friends that Ning Ren made at the clan school all looked eagerly at the stone house where Ning Ren lived.
Ning Ren was in a special period. The stone house was heavily guarded and not even an ant could crawl in.
The rest of the children were well protected by the adult Mirsai and had no idea what was happening outside the City of Chaos, but they could feel the urgency in the air.
There is a great terror in the crack of the sky, about to burst out.
"Second Grandpa, when will A Ren come out?"
The second elder said: "When the leader comes back, the young master will be able to come out soon."
"When will the leader come back?"
The second elder of the clan didn't say anything. He looked at the gap in the sky that hadn't changed at all, and deep worry flashed in his eyes.
Just at this moment, a familiar figure quickly jumped from outside to the old stone. It was Jie Ling.
The second elder locked the group of cubs in the room and went out to approach: "Right Inspector? Aren't you guarding the city outside?"
Jie Ling had no time to change clothes these days. The corners of her clothes were stained with blood and torn, and the tentacles on her back had not been retracted. Her back was covered with small wounds, which would need to be treated later.
He brought good news: "Ninglie has returned with his troops."
The second elder was delighted when he heard this: "What about the leader?"
"The crack in the sky appeared suddenly. The leader, together with the queen of the serpent tribe, the great wizard Baiyu, and the chief of the Isa tribe, tried to use the power of words and the power of seals to temporarily seal the crack back, giving the Northern Territory a chance to breathe." Jie Ling explained the matter in a few words.
"Among the ordinary soldiers brought back by Ninglie, some have already shown signs of madness. These people cannot enter the Central Royal City and are temporarily housed in the inner area."
The second elder was startled. "I know the severity of the situation. When Inspector Zuo returns, the burden on you and the priest will be much lighter. Go get treated."
After hearing this, Jie Ling's pale face became even uglier, and a hint of anger appeared on his face.
It’s okay for that trash Nianlie to come back. It will be easy for him to let this guy who has only strength but no brains guard the city.
But when Ninglie came, he mistook him for a polluted evil spirit and almost broke his tentacles with his tail.
Even the apology he said afterwards sounded so annoying—
"Hey, you've become like this in just a few days. It's not my fault. It's your fault that even your name sounds so similar to that of an evil spirit, right?"
"You should go back to bed with your pile of papers. Defending the city isn't for a weakling like you."
This guy definitely did it on purpose.
He suppressed his anger and asked, "How is the young master?"
The second elder said: "It will be shed in less than two days. After you have sorted it out, go and see it yourself. The young master will be close to you."
Two days.
Jie Ling frowned.
It took Ninglie four or five days to reach the City of Chaos after rushing from the Gomian Plain. Even if the leader could travel through space over short distances, it would be difficult for him to make it in time if he started to rush back from the Gomian Plain.
Two days passed quietly.
During this period, the moon was always hanging overhead and the daytime sky was dim.
Ning Ren finally reached his climax.
The child lay in bed, a low-grade fever developing, his tail burning hot. His body was a faint crimson due to the high temperature, and he would occasionally groan in pain.
The first and second clan elders, Jie Ling, Simao, Guhuo Bird, and Doctor Wei are all here.
The Guhuo Bird was unusually silent, squatting at the head of the bed, staring blankly without blinking.
Si Mao was a little anxious and paced back and forth.
The successor chosen by the sacrificial light pillar shouldn't die so easily, but such a young master has never been chosen before... what if?
If something really happens to the young master, it will not only hurt their next leader, but the current leader will also go crazy.
Meow, that’s too difficult.
"thirsty……"
The second elder of the clan shuddered and lowered his voice: "Quick, water."
He took the bowl and fed her spoonful by spoonful, "Drink another sip, good boy..."
Ning Ren suddenly grabbed the sleeve of the second elder and sniffed it, his nose twitching, then he turned his mouth and threw it away, stopped drinking the water, turned his head to the side, and began to cry in his dream.
He hugged the quilt, his eyelashes wet.
"dad."
The second elder looked up helplessly and exchanged glances with the first elder.
Jie Ling frowned and said, "I'll go to the bedroom to see if there are any clothes that carry the leader's scent." He left as soon as he said that, and soon came back with a big bag, which was full of dark or silver robes and outer clothes.
He tied the clothes together and placed them behind the child.
Ning Ren leaned back, immediately let go of the quilt, turned around and hugged the pile of clothes.
The clothes were very clean, with only the cuffs having a faint smell of childish toothpaste, facial cream, and bath soap, which was left on them by washing the children every day. After being warmed by the adult's body temperature, it turned into a light, reassuring, and fresh scent.
The child's condition seemed to have stabilized a lot, with a small lump stuck to his clothes.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Ning Ren's body temperature suddenly rose in the second half of the night.
It's scalding hot like a small stove that's essential in winter.
Doctor Wei felt heavy in his heart: "Danger period..."
"It's the same situation as the leader did that year," the second elder of the clan could no longer sit still, his heart tightening. "It's okay for the father and son to look alike, but how come they also inherited this? Can't they inherit some good things?"
The pile of clothes was of no use. The cub began to sob unconsciously, its hands and feet moved erratically, its cheeks burned red, and tears oozed from the corners of its eyes.
Such a pitiful little appearance, everyone who sees it feels sorry for it.
Jie Ling opened the window a crack and looked toward the horizon.
There's still no change, so...
The leader can't come back in time?
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Gomian Plain.
The White Crow's words completed the last step, and the dull sound of bells rang out like bells and drums.
The entire plain sank half a meter.
He let out a low roar, and the mysterious blue light spread out like waves in an instant.
Half of Bai Ya's lifespan had been taken away. He calmly stared at the crack in the sky, "There's no crack in the sky. Everything is back to normal."
A brilliant blue light filled the crack in the sky. White Crow said, "Asulin!"
The abundant silver sealing power disappeared and reappeared above the blue light, pressing down tightly on the crack in the sky. Then, Bai Ya's words instantly merged into it.
The crack in the sky disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Everything was calm and peaceful, returning to the tranquil night.
Isa was already unconscious, and Yulila collapsed to the ground like a dead snake. She opened her mouth but could only utter three words: "Success..."
She looked at White Crow.
The great wizard of the White Feather Clan lost a lot of hair the moment the words were completed just now. His transcendent temperament disappeared a lot, and she could faintly see his round scalp.
It took Asulin a long time to recover from the dizziness.
His voice sounded slower than usual. "Your Word Spirit is very powerful. You should have held back when you competed with me that time."
"Without you, I can't perform it either," Bai Ya frowned. "Rather than saying it's a word spirit, it's better to say I just temporarily deceived the sky crack. At most, I can only hold out for twenty days."
Yulila: "Only twenty days?"
"Twenty days is not bad, it's better than being caught off guard." Asulin coughed a few times. "But you, you lost so much of your life in exchange for less than a month of peace. Is it worth it?"
The crisis was temporarily resolved, and Bai Ya was in the mood to joke. The steady Great Wizard raised an eyebrow and said, "If we were in a different position, Chief Asulin would make the same choice as me, wouldn't he?"
"I'm not just doing this for the Northern Territory, but also for my own people."
A Sulin smiled and suddenly saluted Bai Ya, "Ask the Great Wizard for a favor."
Many bones in his body were broken, but his expression showed no sign of pain. He stood upright as he slowly straightened up, and the blood clot on his chest was red and black.
"I'm running out of strength. I hope the great wizard can help me return to my tribe."
Bai Ya understood and had already pinched a Word Spirit in his hand, but he still asked jokingly: "You are almost out of strength, don't you still have strength?"
He really admired him from the bottom of his heart. Asulin was indeed the most outstanding genius in the Northern Territory in the past hundred years.
"Maybe he cried," Asulin pointed to his heart, with cold sweat on his forehead, "I still have to save some strength to hug him."
Bai Ya sighed in his heart and said no more. His words combined with Asulin's space system could indeed send him to where he wanted to go in an instant.
The blue light that had just dissipated condensed again.
"I will help you even in the land of bondage thousands of miles away."
Asulin's figure disappeared in an instant, leaving behind two words.
"Thanks."
After Bai Ya sent him away, he worried about the remaining two.
What should he do? These two don’t have the same spatial mental power as Asulin. Does he have to send them one by one?
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The crack in the sky disappeared, and the confused species in the City of Chaos fell into a frenzy.
The space somewhere in the old stone twisted for a moment.
A dark red figure appeared here, which immediately aroused Jie Ling's vigilance. He flashed out from the stone house guarding Ning Ren with a stern look, and was stunned before he could finish the scolding.
"leader……"
It’s no wonder he made a mistake in identifying it the first time.
The truth is that he hadn't seen Asulin in such a miserable state for decades.
His body was covered in blood, his face was pale, almost like snow, his silver hair was scattered on his back, the ends of his hair were clotted with blood, and his shoulders were abnormally sunken.
Asulin waved his hand reluctantly, used his remaining mental strength to remove the dirt from his clothes, then pushed open the door of the stone house and went in.
The stone house was filled with dim lights, quiet and warm, with only the small humming of the cubs.
"leader……"
"The leader is back..."
The eldest and second elders of the clan were very excited. They lowered their voices and stood up, making way for them.
Asulin walked into the warm stone house, and his eyes immediately fell on the cub lying on the bed with a fever and red body. His heart felt as if something was pulling at it, causing it to swell slightly.
He suppressed the cough in his throat, walked over, stretched out his hands and held the cub in his arms, his gray-blue eyes were covered with a layer of water because of the blood knot.
Asulin raised his hand to wipe away the tears from his cheeks.
"I'm sorry I'm a little late, Dad."
The cub suddenly grabbed his hand and put it on his face, "Dad..."
Ning Ren actually slowly opened his eyes and looked at Asulin's face in a daze, feeling confused. "...You came back after defeating the monster?"
Asulin nodded.
Ning Ren closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully in his arms.
A Sulin's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he hugged him tightly. The father and son touched their foreheads together, and he said softly: "Dad is here, sleep peacefully, it's safe outside now."
The light in the stone house was warm, there was no moon outside, only a quiet night.
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